Spring of the 2025 TV schedule has been an thrilling time for followers of the Legislation & Order franchise, and maybe by no means extra so than when the excitement of the unique’s crossover with SVU has not but pale. That stated, NBC has not but confirmed whether or not its two remaining Legislation & Order exhibits will return within the fall, and the wait is on for renewal information. After I just lately spoke with Hugh Dancy, who performs ADA Nolan Value, about his character’s place reverse Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson, he additionally weighed in on the long-running drama hopefully hitting the 25-season milestone.
Whereas NBC hasn’t renewed many exhibits at this level within the spring, Legislation & Order, SVU, and all three One Chicago collection inside the nine-show Dick Wolf TV universe had all been renewed for the 2024-2025 TV schedule by this time final 12 months. That is not essentially a foul signal for the 2025-2026 TV season, and SVU is already stated to have landed a brand new showrunner for Season 27. (The crossover is accessible streaming now with a Peacock subscription.)
Nonetheless, with Legislation & Order so very near 25 seasons, I needed to ask the Hannibal vet: what are his ideas on hitting the milestone that SVU reached with nice fanfare a few years in the past? Dancy shared:
It will be an unbelievable factor for the present. Clearly, I might prefer to assume well-deserved. I feel it is a tremendous [achievement] due to the break within the center there. The time period that the present has spanned is simply exceptional. And there is one thing actually attention-grabbing, simply on a private stage, about working in a present that is so well-running.
Whereas SVU has already hit the 500-episode and 25-season milestones, Legislation & Order really goes again so much additional than its first spinoff. The unique collection premiered again in 1990, whereas the SVU pilot did not air till 1999. Hugh Dancy’s present is solely behind within the complete season rely as a consequence of what he known as “the break within the center there,” between Legislation & Order‘s preliminary cancellation in 2010 and the revival’s premiere in 2022.
Dancy has been a part of the primary solid because the revival kicked off, so who higher to attest that the present has been “well-running” in its return? He continued:
The machine is so well-oiled and formidable, and but on the identical time, looking for methods to make it your personal, and to be sure that it is nonetheless alive and respiration proper now in 2025. There isn’t any sacred cows, . I hope that, if we’re fortunate sufficient to maintain going, that we are able to preserve making the present that individuals love and but preserve it recent on the identical time.
Even procedurals have to combine issues up now and again, and I am guessing loads of followers can agree with Hugh Dancy’s hope that the Legislation & Order staff can holding delivering on its format whereas additionally making “it recent.” Season 24 has already performed that to a sure extent, resulting in Reid Scott – a.okay.a. Detective Vincent Riley – praising the often “unsatisfying” endings, whereas the drama continues to be ripping from the headlines from time to time.
So, when can we anticipate to listen to whether or not or not Legislation & Order can be again within the fall? Sadly, we are able to solely wait and see. It has been greater than a 12 months because the renewal for Season 24, and Hugh Dancy additionally confirmed that the solid has already completed filming this season. There are nonetheless a number of episodes left to air earlier than the finale, nevertheless, together with one which evidently includes 13 folks discovered useless. Try the promo beneath:
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Tune in to NBC on Thursday, Could 1 at 8 p.m. ET for the “Sins of the Father” episode of Legislation & Order. The title of the episode leads me to hope that the present may be selecting up on Value’s storyline together with his brother after their father’s loss of life. No matter occurs, the installment can be adopted by Legislation & Order: SVU Season 26 at 9 p.m. ET.
The long-awaited premiere of Legislation & Order: Organized Crime additionally signifies that followers can get pleasure from Legislation & Order Thursdays once more… form of. Christopher Meloni’s collection is releasing episodes streaming on Peacock fairly than after SVU on NBC, however they do go dwell on the streamer on Thursdays.